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Judge strikes down three Montana voting laws as unconstitutional
Election Day registration, paid ballot collection and using campus-issued IDs back on the table
Court Strikes Down Two Montana Laws That Restrict Native American Voting Rights
BILLINGS, MT – A Montana court recently struck down as unconstitutional two state laws that hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.
Lawsuit calls on Colorado Springs to move April elections to November to address racial disparities
The city of Colorado Springs is facing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in local elections.
A lawsuit filed against the City of Jacksonville…
A lawsuit filed against the City of Jacksonville and Duval County Supervisor of Elections Mike Hogan this week claims a new redistricting plan reduces the impact of the Black vote in minority-dominated areas of Jacksonville.
Weighing President Biden’s first year: Voting and election
Harvard Law School election law expert Ruth Greenwood applauds the administration’s support for new voting legislation but says the filibuster remains an obstacle
Challenges to the Voting Rights Act far from over
“If it hadn’t been for the Gorsuch line in Brnovich, I would have thought it was kind of a crazy argument,” said Ruth Greenwood, director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, of the Texas brief.
Lawsuit dislodges election dates from DeSantis
Theresa Lee with Harvard’s Election Law Center and one of the lawyers representing voters who sued DeSantis said in an email that while everyone is “thrilled” the lawsuit “forced the governor’s hand to carry out the duties of his office”
Following a lawsuit filed by the Election Law Clinic, Governor Ron DeSantis called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts, to be held in early 2022.
After ninety-one days of inaction, Governor Ron DeSantis finally called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts with Executive Order No. 21-224. The Election Law Clinic previously filed a lawsuit to compel the Governor to fulfill this duty.
Facing lawsuit, DeSantis sets special elections for South Florida legislative races
DeSantis, a Republican, was accused of waiting too long to set election dates to fill the vacancies in a lawsuit filed 12 days ago by the Harvard Election Law Clinic on behalf of Broward and Palm Beach voters.
Lawsuit asks court to make DeSantis call special elections
The Governor refuses to perform his statutory duty to fix the dates of special elections to fill three vacancies in majority-Black legislative districts, as the law requires.
ELC files action to compel Governor DeSantis to call special elections in majority-Black districts
Petitioners contend that the Governor refuses to perform his statutory duty to fix the dates of special elections to fill three vacancies in majority-Black legislative districts, as the law requires.
Training a new generation of election law lawyers.
In a Q&A, Ruth Greenwood, founding director of Harvard Law School’s new Election Law Clinic, shares what she believes are the most urgent issues in election law.
When Voting Is A Risky Choice (Harvard Law Today)
Harvard Law faculty and alumni weigh in on what it will take to run safe and reliable elections in the age of COVID-19.